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Transport: Private Finance Initiative

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102664

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost to date has been of Private Finance Initiative contracts for transport infrastructure projects.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Government's Spending on Private Finance Initiative contracts is published annually by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pfi-and-pf2-projects-2024-summary-data.

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